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Langley off to Hobrazia for first large-scale strategic visit.

July 5576

Fort William - Luthorian Foreign Secretary, Matthew Langley flies off to Astoria City, Hobrazia to meet with both the Hobrazian President, Mr. Vladimer Zakariadze and his counterpart; Mr. Eli Nikoladze. Langley, 48, is with that visit conducting his very first big experiment on the field ever since his appointment as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs by the Prime Minister. Mr. Langley has been reportedly tasked by the Luthorian Prime Minister to “mend relations” with the Artanian continent, granted that Luthori’s traditional diplomatic standing on the Continent has been one of “cautious isolationism” from continent-wide activities.

Mr. Langley’s task to handle relations between Luthori and the Continent is hardly an easy one, as stated earlier. The Empire has been playing the role of a “distanced friend” to the entire continent, as Luthori seems to be relatively unconcerned with the failed attempts at drawing the continent together. “Luthori is a peculiar case [...], while a power, it has traditionally found its power in influence projection in other continents such as Seleya as a main leverage. Artania, while Luthori’s homeland, has been traditionally ignored by the Foreign Office, which seems to not have played in the Empire’s favour lately, as it is forced to orchestrate a withdrawal from some part of Seleya and Majatra, where they had views.”, foreign policy historian, Pyotr Vlaovich told the Times.

Before taking off his plane, Mr. Langley offered his thoughts on the whole endeavour, while taking good care of remaining silent on the details of his 3-days Mordusian trip, he merely stated that “there is good hopes on our side to reinvigorate dialogue between Astoria City and Fort William, after all, they are our closest neighbor, it is only normal to cultivate good ties and foster goodwill relations between us, that is at least the assessment that we are making on our side”. The Foreign Office’s boss seems to more inclined towards a more “inclusive” in Luthori’s policy, with a focus being made on Artanian relations, as Seleyan efforts suddenly came to an halt with the signature of an agreement with Kaliburg, which while it seemed to secure, yet again, a peaceful settlement of grievances with the Anantonese, seems to be more aligned towards the Kalistanis’ own desires.

In Astoria City, reactions have been calm and a hopeful, an spokesperson for the President’s Office called the visit to be a “great opportunity for both nations to settle their differences and continue building its common relationship, for it to reach new heights.”, Crown Street, on its part, recognizing the “quagmire” caused by the Migrants Pass’ Crisis in relations, has for its part only called for that a reasonable agreement be reached between both governments.

Fort William hinted also at the presence of the Under-Secretary for Economic Collaboration and Partnership during this visit. Seeminglty to open up new opportunities for Luthorian businesses to develop in Artania and Hobrazia. Especially as the Hobrazian oil reserves have spooked up interests by large conglomerates in Luthori.

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